I am planning to write a book... well, not a real book, actually it will be just a compilation of this and that, about comparative animal blood cells. I want to compare erythrocytes, leucocytes, and plateles (if available) from any groups of animals. I want to talk from physiological and evolutionary views. However, I am lack of data and photos of those bloods. I can make preparations of some animals I find here but it will spend more time. SO if you know links for them, especially photos, I will be more than just very happy to know it

I teach a comparative blood lab, but don't really know the answer to your question. I did a quick search, and there's just not that much information out there.

And I suspect that for some aspects, there just isn't that much known. My sister had a platelet issue, and it amazed me how little information was available, both online and in a decent medical library, about platelet function; I suspect it's even worse for thrombocytes.

See? That's why I decided to post this thing here. I checked both online and offline references and I still found nothing from that I want

Hey, I am interested on you lab activity! Would you please to tell me more about it? I am arranging to start a new labwork about "Introduction to Immunology and Hematology" for my Immunibiology class next semester. Since it is ImmunoBIOlogy, thus I need more species in addition to popular human/primates or another mammals. I want at least vertebrates, would be much better if I could get invertebrates as well

So far we here just deal with human blood. Actually I am disagree because we are into Animal Physiology. As I am directed to Immunobiology and Hematology, I am planning to do this labwork. Once students know how to make the preparation, I will let them to do experiments with any animals with a background why they chose those animals. In addition to our database, it will increase students skill, right?

Aah I see Well, you just gave me an idea. I will teach them how to make the preparation with rat blood, then I will give them assignment to do the same with another blood. After those preparations are ready, we will discuss it together to start our database

Thank you, Dr.Darby. Hey could we keep in touch, please? I need an expert outthere to discuss about many things as I am a new teacher, I need advices and suggestions and also keep studying to improve my knowledge

What do you mean by "but the procedures for disposal have gotten both involved and expensive" ?

Maybe it is because you used human blood? I was involved in an Immunology course and the instructors asked me to be careful on working with the sample tissue, blood, and serum things, though I was already wearing gloves.

Which procedure do you use to make the preparation? Immunohisto/cytochemistry is hell expensive. I cannot effort it though some of my research need this method

I had students making slides with their own blood, and doing a simple Wright's stain. We used to just toss all of the waste into the regular trash.

But human blood (and associated items such as lancets and slides) is now considered medical waste, which can only be handled by licensed facilities here, and with the additional precautions necessary for lab procedures, it isn't worth it to have students learn that type of preparation technique anymore.